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Ministry of Culture (Taiwan)

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Jurisdiction
  
Taiwan (ROC)

Website
  
www.moc.gov.tw

Parent agency
  
Executive Yuan

Ministry of Culture (Taiwan)

Formed
  
11 November 1981 (as Council for Cultural Affairs) 20 May 2012 (as MOC)

Headquarters
  
Xinzhuang District, New Taipei, Taiwan

Ministers responsible
  
Cheng Li-chun, Minister Yang Tzu-pao, Ting Hsiao-ching, Deputy Ministers George Hsu, Vice Minister

The Ministry of Culture of the Republic of China (MOC; Chinese: 中華民國文化部; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Mínguó Wénhùabù) is the ministry of the Taiwan that designs cultural policy. The ministry also created the National Repository of Cultural Heritage.

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History

Established in 1981 by Executive Yuan, the ministry was initially called the Council for Cultural Affairs (CCA; 文化建設委員會; Wénhuà Jiànshè Wěiyuánhuì). The council was upgraded to ministerial level in May 2012 under the name Ministry of Culture.

Establishment

The ministry was inaugurated on 21 May 2012, in a ceremony attended by President Ma Ying-jeou, Premier Sean Chen and several prominent artists, including poet Chou Meng-tieh, film director Li Hsing and singer Lo Ta-yu.

President Ma stated in a speech during the ceremony that if politics is a "fence", then culture is "the pair of wings that fly over the fence". He expressed hope that the MOC would spread "Chinese culture with Taiwanese characteristics" around Taiwan and the world.

Political departments

  • Department of General Planning
  • Department of Cultural and Creative Development
  • Department of Cultural Resources
  • Department of Audiovisual and Music Industry
  • Department of Arts Development
  • Department of Humanities and Publications
  • Department of Cultural Exchange

    • Administrative departments

  • Secretariat
  • Department of Civil Service Ethics
  • Department of Personnel Affairs
  • Department of Accounting
  • Information Management Department
  • Legal Affairs Committee

    • Bureaus

  • Bureau of Cultural Heritage
  • Bureau of Audiovisual and Music Industry Development

    • Organizations or Agencies

    The following organizations or agencies are under the direct supervision of the MOC:

  • National Center for Traditional Arts
  • Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall
  • Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall
  • National Museum of History
  • National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts
  • National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute
  • National Taiwan Museum
  • National Museum of Prehistory (Taiwan)
  • National Museum of Taiwan History
  • National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra
  • National Museum of Taiwan Literature
  • Preparatory Office of the Wei-Wu-Ying Center for the Arts
  • Preparatory Office of the National Human Rights Museum
  • National Culture and Arts Foundation
  • Taipei Culture Center of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York City
  • Taiwan Cultural Center in Paris
  • Taipei Culture Center of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan

    • List of Ministers

      Kuomintang   Democratic Progressive Party   Non-partisan/ unknown

    Ministry of Education (Bureau of Cultural Affairs)
  • Wang Hung-chun (王洪鈞) (1968 – 1975)

    • References

    Ministry of Culture (Taiwan) Wikipedia
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